MYSTIC, Conn., November 19, 2024 -- Enko Chem, Inc., an AI-informed crop health company, been named to Fast Company’s 2024 Next Big Things in Tech list, honoring emerging technology that has a profound impact for industries—from education and sustainability to robotics and artificial intelligence.

This year, 138 technologies developed by established companies, startups, or research teams are featured for their potential to revolutionize the lives of consumers, businesses, and society overall. While not all technologies are available in the market yet, each is reaching key milestones to have a proven impact in the next five years.

“We are honored to be recognized for our work in the AI and Data category,” says Jacqueline Heard, Ph.D., MBA, Enko Co-founder and CEO.  “In our search for better, more sustainable crop health solutions, managing vast genomic diversity, environmental concerns, and safety to non-target organisms are all equal pieces of the scientific puzzle. Quickly sorting those pieces into informed and actionable data visualizations are accounted for in our systems approach which does this well and enables Enko to eliminate years of traditional R&D.”

“The Next Big Things in Tech provides a fascinating glimpse at near- and long-term technological breakthroughs across a variety of sectors,” says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Spanning everything from semiconductors to agricultural gene editing, the companies featured in this year’s list are tackling some of the world’s most pressing and vexing problems.”

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